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Country profiles relevant to international business are not all created equal. Some emphasize macroeconomic conditions, others concentrate on political and social developments whereas the scope of some reports may be limited to specific sectors.

Doing business reports summarize the salient regulations and conditions that influence doing business in a country such as taxation, labor conditions, trade barriers, corporation law, negotiation norms, and so forth.

Country Profiles

Aggregator of reports from Business Monitor International, CountryWatch and IHS Global Insight. Search for target country using the drop down geographic terms and then limit to source type country reports.

Right bottom screen had drop down for country profiles. Profiles list and provide data tables for economic conditions, top industries, trade, finance, history and geography, people, government, communication, and transportation.

Reports and studies on energy, environment, employment, education, trade, taxation, finance, and social conditions for OECD countries and selected non-member countries. Recommended to browse by theme and country.

Comprehensive country profiles chronicling national history, government, and political parties, as well as profiles on intergovernmental organizations, development banks, and the agencies and specialized bodies of the United Nations.

UHY Doing Business Guides"Prepared by UHY’s member firms, each ‘Doing Business’ guide covers country specific business information you need to consider should you wish to pursue business interests there".

World Bank Doing BusinessData and reports on business regulation for regions, 189 nations and some subnational entities and cities.

Data-PlanetSearch and browse for datasets on topics ranging from banking to criminal justice to economic indicators to health to labor to natural resources and transportation gleaned from government agencies, private exchanges and international organizations. Statistical Datasets supports customized graphing, mapping and even some common statistical functions.

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)Commerce Reports, Country Reports and Market Indicators and Forecasts from the Economist Intelligence Unit offer monthly and annual in depth analysis, data and ratings for the infrastructure, demographics, political scene, domestic economy, foreign trade, including regional and industrial sector breakdowns for over 200 countries.

Eurostat"Eurostat is the Statistical Office of the European Communities. Its task is to provide the European Union with statistics at European level. By harmonising statistics from the European statistical system (ESS) to a single methodology, the statistics are made comparable"

IHS Global InsightProvides historical economic and financial data time series and includes access to U.S., regional and global macroeconomic indicators, industrial markets, foods, crops, metals, financials, housing, Federal Funds, price indices and national accounts. To access data, link to DataInsight-Web where you can search by criteria or do a keyword search, browse tables, and download results directly to Excel. Data is gathered from government agencies, private entities and international organizations such as the IMF and OECD, and updated when made available by the source. Access courtesy of the Applied Finance Lab.

IMF eLibrary DataInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) statistics on Balance of Payments, International Financial Statistics, Government Finance Statistics and Direction of Trade Statistics. Time series are presented in browsable and searchable tree. Results may be downloaded in a variety of formats.

United Nations StatisticsGlobal statistical information on economics, demographic, social indicators, environment, energy and Millennium Development Goals.

World Bank - DataBankDataBank is an analysis and visualisation tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics. You can create your own queries; generate tables, charts, and maps; and easily save, embed, and share them. A World Bank DataBank tutorial is also available.